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craig Armour wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to impliment NIS under linux.  Currently, the server machine
> I'm using is a RH6.0 box and the client machines are RH6.1
>
> on the Client machines I have set in the nsswitch file the following
> settings for passwd: group: etc...
>
> passwd:     compat
> shadow:     compat
> group:      compat
>
> passwd_compat: nis
> group_compat: nis
> shadow_compat: nis
>
> I have added the lines ( or similar )
>
> +::::::
> -fred
> +craig:::::/home2/craig:
> +
>
> to my /etc/passwd file and yet the user includes/excludes still seem to
> fail to work.
>
> has anyone else tried implementing NIS under linux? does anyone have any
> suggestions?  It all appears as if it *should* work :?
>
> Cheers
> Craig
> --
> Craig Armour                    c.armour@arts.uq.edu.au
> System Administrator             Joyce Ackroyd Building
> Language Lab, University of Queensland   phone 33656916

I wondered the same thing.. i wanted to impliment using root under NIS.. no
go as you state..
anyone else have dont this?